CCS Debugger (XDS510 USB) erases all memory

Richard Burke

Expert 1910 points

We are using CCS4 and the Spectrum Digital XDS510 USB JTAG debugger. When debugging an application, the whole of flash memory is erased. This makes it difficult to debug applications that require a bootloader or calibration memory.

Is there any way to erase a range of addresses rather than all of flash in CCS?

A work around is to use nowFlash from outside CCS and debug with symbols only but this is a bit clunky.

Thanks,

Richard

over 15 years ago

0 Michael Sherman over 15 years ago

TI__Prodigy 400 points

Richard,

Yes there is a way to specify which banks and sectors you wish to erase. This is done by going to 'Tools->On-Chip Flash'. Then on the right it should allow you to specify which banks you wish to erase when flashing your device.

-Michael Sherman

0 Richard Burke over 15 years ago in reply to Michael Sherman

Expert 1910 points

Hi Michael,

There is no Tools->On-Chip flash option that I can see.

Regards,

Richard

0 Michael Sherman over 15 years ago in reply to Richard Burke

TI__Prodigy 400 points

I am sorry, I forgot to include that you must first Launch the TI Debugger, the option should than be available. It may also depend on the version of CCS that you are using, I believe the feature wasn't added until CCS v4.1

-Michael Sherman

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CCS Debugger (XDS510 USB) erases all memory